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[Printed draft call for troops from Maine]

Draft calling for 2,360 troops from the 3rd district of Maine. Printed with state and number of troops added in writing.

GLC00425

Authority to affix the seal to commutation of the death sentence of John W. Parrot.

GLC00428

to Elias Root

Writes about the whereabouts of a captain. Discusses the situation in Washington and remarks, "At present there seems to be but little chance for the Radical democracy ... certain it is, they can't be worse than they have been." The letter is written...

GLC00431.01

to Julia Patten

Mentions her search for a house. Informs that he is leaving for a trip south to Charleston or Savannah and that on his way home he will visit her and Mr. Patten. Expresses doubt as to whether or not his wife will accompany him. Addressed from the...

GLC00431.03

to Elias Root

Writes confidentially that General Campbell will not be reappointed as Superintendent of Canal Affairs and that a Republican will take his place. Mentions that he is "living on hope here - The Senate has killed the Army bill, one of the...

GLC00431.05

to R. H. Pomeroy

Spinner, United States Treasurer, discusses financial matters with Pomeroy, a lawyer from Mohawk, New York. Discusses troops from New York who were stationed in Virginia. Declares "If the officers were only worthy of the men they command, what a mark...

GLC00431.07

to Henry M. Hubbard

Informs that he has complied with Hubbard's unspecified request. Addressed from the Treasury of the United States to Hubbard in Windsor, Vermont.

GLC00431.08

to Henry M. Hubbard

In the letter, informs that Mr. New has not arrived yet and is not expected until the 25th. Remarks that the last time Mr. New was here, he declined to write his name in an album. Addressed from the Treasury of the United States to Hubbard in...

GLC00431.09

to Julia Patten

Replies that he is aware that Mr. Dwight had borrowed money from her husband but cannot remember the amount of the loan. Note at top of page says Spinner wrote Dwight on November 9, 1888. Addressed to Patten in Washington, D. C. Later notes in pencil...

GLC00431.11

to Daniel Cohen

Writes to Cohen, with whom he had been friends with back in Kansas. Most of the letter concerns past news. Discusses remembering the sack of Lawrence, Kansas.

GLC00434.01

Appointment of Benjamin J. French

Appoints French to the assisstant secretary and librarian position at the Smithsonian Institute. Signed by Joseph Henry (Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution) and the Regents of the Smithsonian saying they consent to the appointment.

GLC00435

to Edwin McMasters Stanton

Union General Grant transmits a communication just received from Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Stanton, Secretary of War, regarding the exchange of "Citizen prisoners and prisoners of War improperly captured." States that Union General Edward...

GLC00445

Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

1st printing; untrimmed; signed "Hon:ble Paine Wingate Esq." Sabin 60017; Evans 27760; DAB 20:387

GLC00421

Address ... to their constituents on the subject of the war with Great Britain

Disbound. Signed "J Kent." Has states pencilled next to names of delegates in a different hand. Kent was an Assoc. Supreme Court Justice and Chancellor of Columbia Law School. A-D4 E2 ($1 signed)

GLC00422

to Lewis M. Hays

Lincoln suggests that his client, Lewis Hays, drops the lawsuit against George Turley as he won't get the money. He makes this determination as the defendant, George Turley, is "poor and a cripple." Written on blue stationery and accompanied by an...

GLC00426

to Judson D. Bingham

Grant writes to Lieutenant Colonel Bingham, Chief Quartermaster of the depot at Nashville, Tennessee: "l have relieved Mr. Livermore of his functions as Negro Commissioner and taken from him the control of the Steamer [Potter]. It seems one boat has...

GLC00427

to John Langdon

Written by Whipple as a Continental Congressman from New Hampshire to Langdon as a Continental Congressman from New Hampshire (he was to leave that body in June 1776). Whipple was also a colonel of militia and later signed the Declaration of...

GLC00429

to John Lawrence

Signed as one of three members of the school commission. Williams also signs on behalf of members John Clark and Ebenezer Bushnell. Williams assesses Lawrence for money to support the school in Lebanon. With autograph note on verso acknowledging...

GLC00430

Collection of letters regarding service with Treasury Dept, retirement [decimalized .01-.13]

GLC00431

to W. W. Van Zandt

Explains a misunderstanding about a package. Encloses a receipt for circulating notes (not present). Written on blue paper.

GLC00431.02

to Charles Anthony

Gives a positive character reference for an unknown man and advises Anthony to contact his friend Elias Root for more information.

GLC00431.04

to John Sherman

Praises one of Sherman's Mansfield, Ohio speeches and discusses politics briefly.

GLC00431.06

[Statement of political belief]

Quotes himself, "That country, where everyman is the political equal of every other man." Addressed to whom it may concern and signed and dated "F.E. Spinner/aged 85 years/January 21st, 1887."

GLC00431.10

to A.S. Solomons

Writes about his worsening health, "I am growing gradually worse - am confronting an open grave and hope soon to slide into it and be at rest." Informs that he is nearly blind and cannot sign his name without help from another. Written by someone...

GLC00431.12

to unknown

Discusses the origins of the design of the flag of the United States. Encloses something showing what he believes the flag should look like now (not present). Reports that he became Treasurer in 1861 and served under Presidents Lincoln, Johnson, and...

GLC00431.13